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If you are an avid user of Apple devices, you might have stumbled upon a file with a .heic extension. If you are wondering, “what is an HEIC file?”, you will be pleased to know you’re not alone. This ...

In today’s digital age, Apple’s HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Format) has gained popularity due to its superior compression and image quality. However, compatibility issues arise when sharing HEIC files ...

The main advantage of this format is that it offers high-quality images at nearly half the file size of JPEGs. However, the downside is that not all platforms and devices support this format, which is ...

You can AirDrop photos as a JPG by manually converting HEIC to JPG or always saving in the JPG format. You can disable HEIC using the Most Compatible option in Camera Settings. To AirDrop an ...

Windows: If you’re an avid iOS photographer, dealing with .HEIC files on a Windows system can be a bit of a pain. One of the first things I do with any of these images is convert them, but that’s not ...

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If you have an iPhone running iOS 11 (or later) or a Mac running macOS High Sierra (or later), chances are that, at some point in time, you might have come across the HEIF (or HEIC) and HEVC formats ...

When you snap a picture with a smartphone, tablet, or camera, the date and time are encoded in the image’s EXIF (Exchangeable image file format) metadata. It’s embedded so that it can be used later by ...

Google's next smartphone software will support a new photo format called HEIC, an approach Apple took with iOS 11 in 2017 to cut file sizes in half. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...